Giada Tripoli

Giada Tripoli is a Contract Teacher in the Department of Biomedicine, Neuroscience and Advanced Diagnostics at the University of Palermo's School of Medicine and Surgery. Her research focuses on the complex interplay between environmental factors, substance use, and psychosis development.

Her primary research interests center on psychosis epidemiology, particularly examining how cannabis use patterns, environmental risk factors, and genetic vulnerability interact to influence psychosis risk and presentation. She has made significant contributions to understanding the relationship between population density, social deprivation, and subclinical psychosis across European settings. Her work frequently employs data from the EU-GEI study, a major multinational research initiative investigating gene-environment interactions in psychosis.

Analysis of her recent publications (2023-2025) reveals a consistent focus on nuanced aspects of psychosis etiology, with particular attention to the differential effects of cannabis use patterns, the impact of social determinants on psychosis incidence, and the cognitive presentation of psychosis at onset. Her research demonstrates methodological sophistication through the integration of epidemiological, genetic, and clinical approaches.

Dr. Tripoli has also contributed to research on mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic, with specific focus on medical student populations in Sicily. Her work on the RISKMet study protocol indicates expanding interests in the metabolic consequences of antipsychotic treatment.